Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. Abraham Myers and Rebecca Kimmel




Husband Rev. Abraham Myers 1 2 3

           Born: Abt 1800 - Somerset Co, PA
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           Died: 1872 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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Wife Rebecca Kimmel 1 2 3

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         Father: Solomon Kimmel (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Catherine Good (      -      ) 3




Children
1 F Catherine Myers 2

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         Spouse: D. D. Worman (      -      ) 2


2 F Mary Myers 2

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         Spouse: Rev. D. D. Horner (      -      ) 2


3 M Joseph B. Myers 4 5

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         Spouse: Julia Ann Brinker (      -1883) 2
           Marr: 6 Nov 1856 2
         Spouse: Elizabeth Scott (      -1902) 6
           Marr: 10 Jul 1884 6


4 M Jacob L. Myers 2

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5 M Abram Myers 2

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           Died: when twenty years old
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6 M John K. Myers 2

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           Died: Bef 1906
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7 F Sarah Myers 1 2

           Born: 1836 1
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         Spouse: Isaac Horner (1838-Aft 1890) 1 2
           Marr: 1864 1


8 F Anna Myers 2

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         Spouse: Christian Ebersole (      -      ) 2


9 M William H. Myers 2

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10 F Barbara Myers 2

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         Spouse: Samuel Kimmel (      -      ) 2


11 F Rebecca Myers 2

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         Spouse: John Berkley (      -      ) 2



General Notes: Husband - Rev. Abraham Myers


He was a farmer of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, who moved to Ligonier township, Westmoreland County, and afterwards to Mt. Pleasant township.

He was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and when about twenty-three years of age removed to Westmoreland County, settling in the Ligonier Valley, about two miles from the village of Ligonier. He was a minister of the German Baptist church and preached for the Jacobs Creek German Baptist Brethren church for thirty-five years. He was also a prosperous farmer, owning an excellent farm of seven hundred and twenty acres, which he brought to a high state of cultivation and improvement.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 468.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 300.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1131.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 130.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 300, 388.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 301.


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